 Let me picture to you the footsore Confederate soldier, as buttoning up in his faded gray jacket the parole which was to bear testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him...  Speech-making - Page 338by Richard Dennis Teall Hollister - 1918 - 386 pagesFull view - About this book
 | New England - 1890 - 746 pages
...taken, testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as, ragged, half-starved,...surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades and, lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot the old Virginia... | |
 | Wallace Putnam Reed - Atlanta (Ga.) - 1889 - 922 pages
...bear testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, he turns his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, half-starved,...the graves that dot old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow, and begins the slow and painful journey. What does he find — let me ask you,... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - Readers - 1888 - 236 pages
...taken, testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, half-starved,...exhaustion, he surrenders, his gun, wrings the hands 2 of his comrades, and, lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the last time to the graves that... | |
 | Joel Chandler Harris - Journalists - 1890 - 678 pages
...bear testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Appomatox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, half-starved,...the graves that dot, old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. What does he find—let me ask you... | |
 | 1890 - 514 pages
...bear testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, half-starved,...pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot the old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. What... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Readers - 1890 - 402 pages
...bear testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, half-starved,...pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot the old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. What... | |
 | Joel Chandler Harris - Journalists - 1890 - 676 pages
...he turned his face southward from Appomatox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, half -starved, heavy-hearted, enfeebled by want and wounds, having...the graves that dot, old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. What does he find — let me ask you... | |
 | Ermine Owen - Readers - 1891 - 306 pages
...Confederate soldier, as ragged, half-starved, he turned his face southward from Appomattox, in April, 1865. Having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun,...pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot the old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow, and begins the slow and painful journey.... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - United States - 1891 - 482 pages
...picture to you the footsore Confederate soldier, as ... he turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, half-starved, heavy-hearted, enfeebled by want and wounds. . . . He surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, pulls the gray cap over his... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1892 - 416 pages
...bear testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, half-starved,...pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot the old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. 4.... | |
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